jazzbo Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 No, I'm not thinking of youmustbe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 RIP. I encountered him through the liner notes to the late 90s Miles Davis reissues, which were fascinating. And I also saw him perform as part of the Bitches Brew revival about 10 years ago or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) Damn, I just saw this on twitter. HUGE loss, I loved his analysis' in liner notes and the Miles from India/Espanol projects. What I heard of the Sting project was great. Hopefully BN will reissue the Belden albums digitally soon. Though I have found them very cheap on eBay just now. That'll be for another time. Edited May 21, 2015 by CJ Shearn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Many years ago, Bob & I had an E-mail conversation about the direction of music distribution. He sent me a link to some cool things he was working on. He said that he always had 3 or 4 things going on at once. He was getting into surround sound and was looking at different ways to use the web to get it out there. A few of the things he sent are at his youtube page, but I don't think they are in surround. His surround mix on the "Black Dahlia" SACD is incredible and shows what can be done with 5.1 and music. Such a nice guy. I'm now wondering why I didn't keep the conversations going. I would've loved to hear his stories from his recent trip to Iran. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/world/rebirth-of-the-cool-american-music-makes-a-return-to-iran.html. Loved this: “Next stop: North Vietnam,” Mr. Belden joked. No wonder I liked the guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowhillway Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 r.i.p. he posted here as notme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin V Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) Besides his work mentioned elsewhere in his thread, I have to mention some of his other contributions. He did the arrangements for Herbie Hancock's The New Standard, an excellent album of pop covers, as well as the arrangements for the wonderful albums by The Classical Jazz Quartet, the super group that consisted of Stefon Harris, Kenny Barron, Ron Carter and Lewis Nash. He was such a multi-talented, gifted musician. Thank for everything, Mr. Belden, and rest in peace. Edited May 25, 2015 by Justin V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l p Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 a very long bob belden wkcr interview from 1999. https://tedpanken.wordpress.com/2015/05/20/in-response-to-the-passing-of-bob-belden-oct-31-1956-may-20-2015-a-wkcr-musician-show-interview-from-1999-an-interview-for-the-press-bio-i-wrote-for-black-dahlia-from-2000-and-an-uncut-down/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 r.i.p. he posted here as notme. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 a very long bob belden wkcr interview from 1999. https://tedpanken.wordpress.com/2015/05/20/in-response-to-the-passing-of-bob-belden-oct-31-1956-may-20-2015-a-wkcr-musician-show-interview-from-1999-an-interview-for-the-press-bio-i-wrote-for-black-dahlia-from-2000-and-an-uncut-down/ Thanks for posting. His remarks on The Black Dahlia were interesting, because I had interpreted the music very much as he intended. For example, the 3 "death chords" that haunt her throughout the album. I had also interpreted that first loud chord as the murder, and that the rest is a flashback, as he had intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 I've gotten enough Google alerts of this nature lately to think that Bob, like Tupac, Elvis, and, possibly, Jesus faked his death so he could take up work elsewhere. https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Brookfield-eyes-3-9-percent-school-budget-proposal-13555761.php#item-85307-tbla-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted November 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2019 I was looking for Belden's "Princejazz" on ebay when up pops someone selling his obituary cut out of the La Times for $9.99. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-2015-BOB-BELDEN-OBITUARY-SAXOPHONIST-RETOOLED-THE-MUSIC-OF-OTHERS/143183739907?hash=item21566a7c03:g:J5UAAOSwpdpVdJtm I've heard of people collecting some rather bizarre things but obit snippings?? I just don't get this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 7, 2019 Report Share Posted November 7, 2019 World gone wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted November 7, 2019 Report Share Posted November 7, 2019 Something just wrong about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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